Kingsland Hills Care Center

    3727 RM 1431, Kingsland, TX, 78639
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    2.0

    Caring Staff, Unsafe, Poor Leadership

    I had a mixed experience. The caregiving, therapy, and many nurses were compassionate, skilled, and often went above and beyond - I felt safe and supported by frontline staff. At the same time management was unprofessional, communication was poor, and the place felt understaffed with heavy reliance on agency nurses. I noticed safety lapses (alarms removed on dementia areas, unsecured storage), inconsistent room assignments, persistent odors/cleanliness problems, and laundry/belonging issues. Medical responsiveness was sometimes delayed with serious consequences. It's expensive; I would recommend it for the caring staff but not until leadership, safety, and cleanliness are fixed.

    Pricing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.25 · 103 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.7
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive individual caregivers
    • Several standout nurses and LVNs (named staff praised)
    • High-quality, effective physical and occupational therapy
    • Supportive, helpful admissions and social services staff
    • Many families report 24/7 care and safe environment
    • Staff who go above and beyond for residents
    • Clean and well-kept sections of the facility (spotless reports)
    • Welcoming, homelike atmosphere in some units
    • Good security/sign-in procedures
    • Positive activities and family engagement events
    • Timely and helpful transportation assistance when provided
    • Documented cases of administration/staff resolving issues

    Cons

    • Significant variability in staff competence and consistency
    • Frequent understaffing and reliance on agency/temporary staff
    • Management turnover and perceived cost-focused leadership
    • Poor responsiveness to family concerns and complaints
    • Serious safety lapses (alarms removed, unsecured dementia windows)
    • Incidents of neglect (delayed care, left in soiled linens/briefs)
    • Delayed medical response and diagnostic delays (x-rays, stroke signs)
    • Reports of falls and unsafe room design (hard floors, no cushioning)
    • At least one fall resulted in hip fracture and hospitalization
    • Instances where lack of care reportedly contributed to ICU admission/death
    • Inconsistent cleanliness (reports of odors, urine smell, ants, insects)
    • Laundry and belongings mishandling/lost clothing
    • Poor or inconsistent dining quality and missing meal items
    • Billing and administrative issues reported
    • Rude or unprofessional behavior from some staff/administration
    • Some residents moved to older, non-updated rooms after admission
    • Insufficient nursing/aide availability on weekends and holidays
    • Temperature control issues in rooms
    • Entrance logistics problems (long waits, no seating/bench)
    • Unsafe storage of cleaning supplies reported

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the reviews is highly mixed and polarized: many reviewers praise individual caregivers, therapy teams, and parts of the facility, while a substantial number report serious problems with management, staffing, safety, and consistency of care. Positive comments consistently single out specific employees and departments (therapy, admissions, social services, named nurses/LVNs) as compassionate, professional, and effective. Multiple families describe excellent therapy outcomes, 24/7 attentive care in certain units, spotless rooms and halls, and staff who "go above and beyond." There are also many accounts of warm activities, a welcoming atmosphere in parts of the campus, and good security procedures at entry.

    However, recurring negative themes are significant and troubling. A large cluster of reviews describes managerial and administrative problems: frequent leadership changes (new administrators and directors of nursing), cost-focused decisions, and poor communication with families. This has translated into operational issues — understaffing, heavy reliance on agency/temporary personnel, and reported declines in care quality over time. Several reviewers say care deteriorated after staff turnover, and some note improvements only after additional administrative changes.

    Safety and clinical-care concerns are among the most serious patterns. Multiple summaries report removal or absence of safety equipment (alarms on dementia-wing windows, alarms in back rooms), and unsafe room designs (hard floors, lack of cushioning) that allegedly contributed to falls. There are explicit reports of delayed medical responses and diagnostic delays (slow x-rays, missed stroke signs), and at least one case where delayed or inadequate care preceded an ICU admission and another leading to a hip fracture from a fall. Some families had to coordinate transport themselves and describe lack of accountability. Several reviews describe neglectful episodes (residents left in soiled linens or briefs without clothing, delayed response to call lights) and, in the worst cases, outcomes the families link to inadequate care, including death.

    Care consistency is a major theme: many reviewers emphasize that "some staff are amazing, some are terrible." Positive and negative experiences often coexist within the same facility and sometimes within the same reviewer's timeline (initially good impressions at admit, with subsequent decline). This variability extends to housekeeping and environment: while numerous posts praise a clean, odor-free facility, others describe hallways with urine odors, ants in window bases, dirty floors, and insect problems. Laundry issues and lost clothing are repeatedly mentioned, as are dining concerns (missing items, poor meal quality) despite occasional praise for special meals and holiday events.

    Administrative and logistical gaps appear repeatedly: billing problems, rude or unprofessional interactions with management, insufficient nurse/aid availability on weekends and holidays, long waits at the front door with no visitor seating, and persistent room temperature control problems. Conversely, several reviews highlight helpfulness from particular administrative staff and positive experiences with admissions, HR, and transport coordination to other facilities.

    In summary, the facility demonstrates clear strengths centered on individual caregivers, therapy services, and particular departments or employees who deliver compassionate, effective care. At the same time, systemic issues — principally managerial instability, understaffing, safety lapses, inconsistent clinical responsiveness, and variable facility cleanliness — create substantial risk and family dissatisfaction. Prospective families should weigh the strong testimonials about individual staff and therapy outcomes against repeated reports of safety and management failures. If considering this facility, it would be important to ask specific questions about current leadership, staffing levels and use of agency staff, alarm and dementia-wing safety protocols, incident reporting and response timelines, laundry and nutrition services, and how the facility addresses family complaints and continuity of care. The pattern suggests the experience a resident will receive heavily depends on timing, unit assignment, and which staff are on duty; some families report excellent care while others report neglect and dangerous lapses.

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    About Kingsland Hills Care Center

    Kingsland Hills Care Center sits in Kingsland, Texas, and offers several care choices depending on what a resident might need, so there's independent living if someone handles daily tasks fine but wants less worry, assisted living services for help with meals, bathing, and getting dressed, memory care for folks with Alzheimer's or dementia in a secure, supervised place, plus skilled nursing and rehabilitation for those with more complex health needs, and they do hospice and respite care when short-term or serious support's needed. The center holds 122 licensed beds and accepts both Medicare and Medicaid, with certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, but staffing levels are rated as much below average while their health inspections and quality measures are above average, which gives them an overall average rating from CMS. People staying here get skilled nursing, long-term care, wound care, rehabilitation, IV therapy, restorative nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy help, and weekly visits from a physician. There's physical therapy, speech therapy, and specialized treatments like e-stimulation and diathermy for those needing extra rehab, and they help set up home care or a rehab-to-home transition. Residents experience a wide range of activities, church services, outings, pet therapy, wellness programs, and social events, and the dining services include Registered Dietitians who help with meals. Kingsland Hills also offers affordable housing options and supports seniors with limited income, and there's a dedicated ombudsman who helps handle complaints privately. They're able to drive residents to appointments, even for dialysis, and family members can join gatherings and outings often. The campus includes Windchime at the Village Assisted Living for those preferring a residential feel with assisted living or memory care close by. Staff in the memory care unit provide 24-hour support, memory-focused activities, and extra security. The therapy team provides about 1 minute of physical therapy each day per resident, while CNAs give 135 minutes, LVNs 60 minutes, and RNs 22 minutes on average daily for direct care. Licensed people support each area-physicians, pharmacy, social work, psychiatrists, and counselors all available. Pricing details aren't shared publicly for long-term care or skilled nursing services, but residents can expect medical care, daily help, and a focus on keeping people as independent and active as possible, and if anyone needs extra resources or has complaints, the long-term care ombudsman's available at no charge to guide and protect residents.

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